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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.

Seneca the Younger

Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Feel Philosophical Real
People do not die – they kill themselves.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Die People Philosophy
It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Dignity Easier Grow Start
What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Good Innocence Law
Watch over yourself. Be your own accuser, then your judge; ask yourself grace sometimes, and, if there is need, impose upon yourself some pain.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Grace Judge Pain
If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Doubt Hope Wise
There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Help May Need
The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom – that deed and word should be in accord.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Accord Deed Highest Proof Word
Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Know Modesty Return
Death is a release from and an end of all pains.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Death Pain Release
True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Happiness Inspirational Motivational
He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Beforehand Come Foresight Present
Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Drunkenness People Vices
The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Courage Hero Life
It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Excellence Philosophical Quality
Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man’s power to live long.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Although Care Long Men

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